Storms
Traffic in particular will experience a lot of disruption on Sunday. There are currently no trains running on the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy. Car traffic is also partly blocked.
There are power supply problems throughout South Tyrol, according to the civil defense. Some 1,400 firefighters have been active since Sunday morning. The highest avalanche warning applies in East Tyrol in Austria. That is why avalanches are generated spontaneously, some of them very large, the local authorities warn.
'We got over three feet of snow in 18 hours' - remote West Chilcotin lodge owner in British Columbia
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Residents living in a remote area of the West Chilcotin spent six days digging out after receiving 90 cm of snow in 18 hours on Friday, Nov. 27.
Residents living in a remote area of the West Chilcotin spent six days digging out after receiving 90 cm of snow in 18 hours on Friday, Nov. 27.
It took some residents living in a remote area of the West Chilcotin six days to dig out from the winter storm that hit the region on Friday, Nov. 27.
"After we got over three feet of snow in 18 hours, we spent lots of time clearing a trail out," Jennifer Toland who owns Eliguk Lake Lodge Outfitters with her husband Arön told the Tribune.
Their lodge is located along the famous Alexander Mackenzie Grease Trail, at 3,600 feet near the base of the Itcha Ilgatchuz mountain range.
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Navy soldiers accompany a villager through knee-deep floodwater, as they arrive to help people in Sathing Phra district of Songkhla on Monday.
Navy soldiers accompany a villager through knee-deep floodwater, as they arrive to help people in Sathing Phra district of Songkhla on Monday.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Monday reported a woman drowned in Phrasaeng district of Surat Thani and two women drowned in Sathing Phra district of Songkhla, on Sunday.
The latest deaths raised the toll of the victims to 24, with the region pounded by rain brought by the southern monsoon over the Gulf of Thailand since Nov 25. The floods are the most extensive in recent years.
Quoting disaster officials, local media in Iran reported heavy rain of up to 160mm in a few hours in Dashtestan in Bushehr Province causing severe flooding. The counties of Deylam and Genaveh in the province have also been badly affected.
Flooding and heavy rain was also reported in Fars Province, in particular in the counties of Mamasani, Arsanjan, Abadeh, Kazerun, Khorrambid, Khonj, where Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have carried out flood rescues and evacuated 185 families. Local media said that areas of Khuzestan and Kerman and provinces have also been affected.
Al Arabiya English reached out to Elias Saadeh, founder of Lebanon Weather Forecast, who mentioned that Saturday's phenomenon is due to severe supercell clouds. It lasted around an hour, coupled with severe thunderstorms and heavy hailstones.
"This supercell affected only the coastal area around Beirut and its suburbs. A supercell effect is always local. Weather stations in Beirut recorded 50mm of rainfall in a lapse of 25 minutes. This quantity is considered enormous since it is equivalent to pouring 50 liters of water in each square meter in 25 minutes. Moreover, this supercell caused a drastic drop in temperature from 21°C to 13.5°C in a couple of minutes," added Saadeh.
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Photos provided by CNA readers showed a waterspout under heavy, dark grey clouds.
A CNA reader who asked to be known as Mr Dave said he saw the waterspout from the balcony of his apartment at Tanjong Rhu in Kallang.
He said the waterspout started to form after 4.30pm, just as a storm was starting. It lasted for at least 10 minutes, he said.
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A pedestrian in Somerville, Mass. In Massachusetts alone, more than 40,000 customers had lost power as a result of a storm that was expected to last until Sunday evening.
A pedestrian in Somerville, Mass. In Massachusetts alone, more than 40,000 customers had lost power as a result of a storm that was expected to last until Sunday evening.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for much of New England. The storm was expected to wind down by Sunday evening, it said, but not before leaving about a foot of snow across most of the region, with as much as 18 inches in some areas.
"The combination of heavy snowfall rates and strong wind will lead to treacherous travel conditions, whiteout visibilities, and the potential for tree damage/power outages," the Weather Service said on Saturday.
In Maine, more than 196,000 customers lost power on Saturday, according to the website PowerOutage. More than 25,000 customers in Massachusetts, more than 46,000 in New Hampshire and more than 2,000 in Connecticut were also left in the dark.
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Giant waves hit Puducherry coast on wednesday before the landfall of cyclone.
Giant waves hit Puducherry coast on wednesday before the landfall of cyclone.
Puducherry received 138mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending at 08.3oam Friday, even as the rain continued. In the last 48 hours, Puducherry had received 21.4 cm of rainfall.
Roads and low-lying areas, including the town's iconic Beach Road, suffered water-logging. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, along with officials, waded through flooded streets to assess the situation and ensure removal of the water with electric water pumps by the municipalities. Basement shops on the popular Mission Street were flooded.
